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a place of concealment for those who had used it. Implements of defence lay in groups on one side. They were of an exceedingly antique form. Hoar antiquity rested on every article before us. The dust of ages had settled down upon all things in the cave. "In one corner we found three earthen vessels of singular construction and shape. These were filled with coins of silver, brass and iron but mostly of brass of various shapes. The coins bore no image, were coarsely but most curiously wrought, and Captain Edwards, the leader of the party, who boasts some knowledge of coins, declares them to be unlike anything he had ever seen or read of and of a very ancient date. "The most singular and interesting dis- covery of all consists in our having found, in a niche, several rolls and packages com- posed of a material entirely unknown to us, upon which were inscribed figures and characters, the meaning of which, as yet, we have not been able to determine upon or to make out the nation or date to which they may have belonged. "The party has returned to the cave, pre- pared to explore it to its utmost extent. "The coins and the scrolls are supposed to have a date prior to the Christian era, and have been sent to Boston to be submit- ted to the investigation of learned men." (Source: The Zanesville Gazette, Ohio, USA, May 18, 1852, posted at http://great- serpentmound.org) scientists have now determined that the Earth bulges around the middle because of the spinning action of the Earth's rotation, and thus, when measured from the centre of the planet, Mt Chimborazo is actually higher than Mt Everest by 2,200 metres. Measured from sea level, Mt Everest is 2,540 metres higher than Mt Chimborazo. The newsbrief states that when measured from the centre of the Earth, Mt Chimborazo is 6,384,450 metres high and Mt Everest is 6,382,250 metres high. For a poor Swiss farmer who never grad- uated from high school to pick that particu- lar mountain and declare it to be the high- est mountain on Earth, higher than Mt Everest—and to come within 50 metres of its height, measured from the centre of the planet, years before scientists recognised this fact—is quite an extraordinary feat, I think anyone would have to agree. In 1997 I wrote Star Wisdom, a book about the essential spiritual message of the Pleiadians (based on Billy Meier's Semjase contact notes), which mentioned the Mt Chimborazo claim. In the February 2002 issue of the UK- based UFO Magazine (vol. 21, no. 3), my book was reviewed by Kate Miller, who stated: ..the question that became uppermost in my mind on reading Star Wisdom was whether a supposedly poor Swiss farmer (who never graduated from high school) could conjure up the kind of beautiful and inspiring words that are manifest in the book. Could he have possibly invented the seven basic principles of the Pleiadians that cover Oneness, Eternal Spiritual Evolution, Self- Responsibility, Love, Balance, Truth and Equality? I can't explain it [the accurate naming of Mt Chimborazo as the highest moun- tain on this planet] and I seriously doubt whether sceptics would even venture to try, but please, be my guest! The same is true for anyone who feels it would be a worthwhile exercise to revisit Billy Meier and the teachings of the Pleiadians. You just may find it a truly rewarding experience. Today there is a great public interest in the UFO phenomenon as well as in spiritu- ality. Star Wisdom offers a rational, logical and eminently effective way of practising spirituality in one's daily life. The Pleiadians presented to Meier a clear and liberating message which, to me, is not only welcome but necessary in the chaotic realm of modern spirituality where the hardened dogmas of fundamentalism are competing with the allure of New Age "pop" philosophies. In light of the current events on our planet, I believe it is time for us to take seriously their wise directives in this regard. If you want to read Star Wisdom, please write to me, Gene Andrade, at PO Box 223743, Carmel, CA 93922, USA, for information on how to order a copy of the book directly from me; alternatively, you can order it from Amazon.com. (Source: Gene Andrade press release, April 28, 2002, via email starwisdom@ pacbell.net) "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC" VALIDATES BILLY MEIER CLAIM inally, proof has emerged that vali- Fe Eduard (Billy) Meier's claim that he was contacted by extraterres- trials from the Pleiades in the 1970s! The January 2002 issue of National Geographic magazine printed an interest- ing confirmation of the validity of Meier's claims. In that issue, I found a newsbrief which acknowledges that, just as Meier claimed back in the 1970s, Mt Everest is not the highest mountain on Earth. Meier, in his writings, stated the Pleiadians told him that Mt Chimborazo in Ecuador was higher than Mt Everest by 2,150 metres because the Earth is not per- fectly round but, rather, bulges in the mid- dle—thus, measuring mountains from sea level is not an accurate way of assessing the true height of a mountain. National Geographic states that JUNE - JULY 2002 NEXUS ¢ 69 Sos LG www.nexusmagazine.com